Gutierrez created a living room on her front porch with vintage green seating from the Rose Bowl Flea Market that glides back and forth, a tile table of her design and an orange aluminum Luxembourg chair made by Fermob. "I love the mix of old and new, the pops of orange," she said. "It makes me happy." The black and white recycled plastic rug from Mad Mats, she said, pulls everything together.

Gutierrez created a living room on her front porch with vintage green seating from the Rose Bowl Flea Market that glides back and forth, a tile table of her design and an orange aluminum Luxembourg chair made by Fermob. "I love the mix of old and new, the pops of orange," she said. "It makes me happy." The black and white recycled plastic rug from Mad Mats, she said, pulls everything together. (Bethany Mollenkof / Los Angeles Times)

Annette Gutierrez, pictured with husband Gustavo, created an outdoor great room as an extension of the indoor kitchen. "I wanted it to feel like my front living room so you can walk out and just plop down and relax," Gutierrez said. "We use it all the time." For a tour of her outdoor living areas, keep clicking.

Annette Gutierrez, pictured with husband Gustavo, created an outdoor great room as an extension of the indoor kitchen. "I wanted it to feel like my front living room so you can walk out and just plop down and relax," Gutierrez said. "We use it all the time." For a tour of her outdoor living areas, keep clicking. (Bethany Mollenkof / Los Angeles Times)

Annette Gutierrez jokingly calls herself an "exterior decorator" because she sees outdoor spaces just like interior spaces: rooms to be designed. During a recent walk-through of her gardens, the co-owner of the garden shop Potted in Atwater Village shared the decorating ideas that lend her landscape a colorful, cool, Bohemian look.